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Fort Smith National Historic Sitesidewalk path along Arkansas River
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Fort Smith National Historic Site
July 9, 1890 Execution
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John Stansberry was executed on July 9, 1890, having been found guilty of murdering his wife. Although he and his wife had a new baby, Stansberry had fallen in love with someone else. To sever the ties that prevented his marriage to another woman, Stanberry killed his child on September 20, 1889. About a month later, he murdered his wife with repeated blows from an axe. Stansberry was arrested while still at his wife's grave after the funeral and was convicted shortly thereafter.
Entrance to Visitor Center on south end of building  

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Fort Smith National Historic Site completed a major renovation of their Visitor Center in the summer of 2000.

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Last Updated: June 16, 2007 at 21:01 EST